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Democratic · 3 November 2026
Brad Schneider
U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district (since 2017)
Brad Schneider, a Democrat who has represented Illinois's 10th congressional district since 2017 after an earlier term from 2013 to 2015, is seeking re-election in 2026 against Republican Carl Lambrecht, an optics manufacturer.
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Brad Schneider: 2026 candidate for the 10th Congressional District
Bio Office sought: 10th Congressional District Party: Democrat City: Highland Park Age: 65 Previous offices held: U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th
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- Born
- August 20, 1961
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado
- Education
- Cherry Creek High School
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, 1983)
Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration, 1988)
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Background
Brad Schneider was born on August 20, 1961, in Denver, Colorado, where he graduated from Cherry Creek High School. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Northwestern University in 1983, he worked on a kibbutz in Israel. He later returned to the Chicago area, earned a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in 1988, and worked for the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Career
Brad Schneider was managing principal of the life insurance firm Davis Dann Adler Schneider from 1997 until 2003, when he became director of the strategic services group at Blackman Kallick. In 2008 he started his own consulting company, Cadence Consulting Group.
Schneider entered electoral politics in 2012, winning the Democratic primary for Illinois's 10th congressional district on March 20, 2012, with 47% of the vote and defeating Republican incumbent Robert Dold by 3,326 votes in November.
He lost the seat to Dold in 2014, then defeated him in a 2016 rematch, 53% to 47%, and has been re-elected four times since. Schneider has chaired the New Democrat Coalition since 2025. In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means.
In July 2019 he introduced a House resolution condemning the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel, which passed 398 to 17.
2026 race
Brad Schneider is seeking re-election in Illinois's 10th congressional district, based in the northern suburbs and exurbs of Chicago, including Mundelein, Northbrook and Waukegan. He was re-elected in 2024 with 60.0% of the vote.
In the 2026 Democratic primary he won 78.8% of the vote against plywood importer Morgan Coghill.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, Schneider faces Republican Carl Lambrecht, an optics manufacturer and the party's 2024 nominee for the 58th district of the Illinois House of Representatives, who was unopposed in the Republican primary.